Photos from Jodhpur, the Blue City
When I imagine of India, I think Rajasthan. Crossing the magical golden coloured desert on a camel, looking at the bright Milky Way in the middle of nowhere, and the fort; that’s the image of India I imagined. Like from the movie Aladdin. Even though it was the second biggest city, it felt much more authentic than Jaisalmer, where I went for the camel trekking.
Another name of Jodhpur is the Blue City. Seeing the vivid-blue buildings glowing orange in sunrise was like a scene from an Oriental movie. Two short days in Jodhpur was quite enough to feel the city.
Its the most famous tourist attraction, Mehrangarh Fort, was actually a really cool place with a lot of interesting information. Sometimes it’s hard to find a tourist attraction that is worthwhile time and money, but I highly recommend visiting this fort if you are going to Jodhpur. The fort was a big museum, and the tourist route is well made to see all the exhibits. The highlight of the fort is the view of Jodhpur. It was one of those postcard-perfect moments.
Wow! Amazing photo’s! Love it.
Thanks Jessica!
Fantastic photos Juno! Looks like an interesting place.
Frank (bbqboy)
Thanks Frank! It was. I thought I’d love Jaisalmer better since it’s smaller, but I liked Jodhpur way better. It was more interesting and vivid.
Jodhpur was quite interesting and you captured it well. The city was photogenic and the people were quite friendly and curious.
Thanks, it was an interesting place for sure. It somehow looked little bit like part of Morocco, I’ve seen only from photos.
I really love these photos, Juno. I feel a strong sense of the place!
Thanks Alex! That’s exactly what I’m going for with my photography. 🙂
Stunning, Juno. Your use of color is amazing.
Thanks Abby! The Blue City was certainly blue, and I loved how Indians love their colours.
Wow, there is so much colour! Beautiful photos and such great energy.
Thanks guys! Great to hear that.
I love the picture of the men hanging out below the mural and the bird with the blue in the background, gorgeous photos Juno!
Love the elephant mural with the men blow photo and the bird with the blue in the background! Gorgeous photos Juno.
Thanks Naomi! I loved that mural as well.
whoaaaaaaa! So rustic!! Lovely photos!
I always love the energy and soul in your photos! My fave is the first sweeping photo from the fort.
I have been contemplating India for some time now. This city looks like one I will need to add to my list!
Recently did roadtrip to 2500km in Rajasthan and I happened to be in Jodhpur.
You have captured great colors of India 🙂
Btw dun forget to Jaisalmer as well . Golden City.
See you in India again 🙂
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I love the light that falls here. These are gorgeous!
Wonderful photos!!! I especially love “The Blue City and the bird”!
Thanks Elisse! I like that shot as well!
I really love these photos. They make me want to paint the town…blue, of course. The one with the bird is my favorite also. Great job.
Wonderful, great, amazing pictures of great Rajistaan India 🙂
Nice captures!
Such a vibrant street life! Seems like India is one of the most colorful countries in the world! The Pink City, the Blue City..Only recently I learned that pink color stands for hospitality in India and that Jaipur was actually painted to welcome the British queen. Quite fascinating! I wonder what´s the symbolism here.. By the way, I have to say Jodhpur is much more appealing to me than Jaipur for some reason. Your pictures compliment its beauty perfectly.
Hey Juno, Nice to see that you have explored and captured Jodhpur in an attractive way. I love to read about India and somewhere I read about the mystery of Blue House is that the priest caste considers blue color auspicious and blue color house is the significant of the priest house. I also read that blue color being a good reflector of sunrays and keeps houses cool.
That’s a good information. Thanks for letting me know! Blue is such a spectacular color especially contrast to the surrounding orange/sand color.